Red Hat Pledges 'Integrated Virtualization'

OSS_ilation writes "Red Hat was all about virtualization in a recent announcement for an 'integrated virtualization' initiative with XenSource and chipmakers AMD and Intel. The move was seen as a way for Red Hat to bring its commitment to virtualization technology into 'sharper focus [...] with the release of a product roadmap that includes virtualization technology built into its enterprise version of Linux.' Red Hat's CTO, Brian Stevens, said the move would remove the complex 'rocket science' aspect of virtualization, and drive the technology into more enterprises as a result."

Comments

yAY!

[Pixelmixer]

maybe this means I can finally toss out the old MS OS... Lack of developement software support is my only reason for staying, despite the gaggins sensation i get everytime i have to boot windows :( haha

Beta testers == lab rats

[grasshoppa]

Except can hope for death. From TFA:
"With Fedora Core 5, we will take the rocket science of virtualization away from the end user and get virtualization out-of-the-box experience in their hands," Stevens said.

Where it will promptly mutate in to a flesh eating form of virus, obliterating you, your family and your dog.

A word to the wise; Stay away from fedora cores. If you must use one, choose one that's been out for a while. Trust me; You'll be glad you did.

RPM

[peterfa]

I wonder if this virtualization removes the dependency hell from their package manager. This Virtual Integration might mean that you can finally use RPM without all that fuss. Then you could actually integrate your RH machine into a business environment without all the pain.